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“As we celebrate my family’s last holiday season in the White House, I’m thinking back to when we first came here to Washington and we promised to open this house to as many people, to as many backgrounds as possible.

We truly want to make the White House the people’s house — particularly during the holiday seasons,” she said.

As part of this effort to make the White Hose the people's house, the First Lady welcomed military families to the State Dining Room where their children decorated custom felt stockings and salt dough ornaments. See some footage of the children getting in the holiday spirit below.